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Brenton's Septuagint
Esther 5:7
And she said, My request and my petition are:
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Christian Standard Bible®
Esther answered, “This is my petition and my request:
Esther answered, “This is my petition and my request:
Hebrew Names Version
Then answered Ester, and said, My petition and my request is:
Then answered Ester, and said, My petition and my request is:
King James Version
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
English Standard Version
Then Esther answered, "My wish and my request is:
Then Esther answered, "My wish and my request is:
New Century Version
Esther answered, "This is what I want and what I ask for.
Esther answered, "This is what I want and what I ask for.
New English Translation
Esther responded, "My request and my petition is this:
Esther responded, "My request and my petition is this:
Amplified Bible
Then Esther replied, "My petition and my request is this:
Then Esther replied, "My petition and my request is this:
New American Standard Bible
So Esther replied, "My request and my wish is:
So Esther replied, "My request and my wish is:
World English Bible
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is:
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then answered Ester, and sayd, My petition and my request is,
Then answered Ester, and sayd, My petition and my request is,
Legacy Standard Bible
So Esther answered and said, "My petition and my request is:
So Esther answered and said, "My petition and my request is:
Berean Standard Bible
Esther replied, "This is my petition and my request:
Esther replied, "This is my petition and my request:
Contemporary English Version
Esther replied, "Your Majesty, if you really care for me and are willing to do what I want, please come again tomorrow with Haman to the dinner I will prepare for you. At that time I will answer Your Majesty's question."
Esther replied, "Your Majesty, if you really care for me and are willing to do what I want, please come again tomorrow with Haman to the dinner I will prepare for you. At that time I will answer Your Majesty's question."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Ester answered, "My request, what I want, is this:
Then Ester answered, "My request, what I want, is this:
Darby Translation
And Esther answered and said, My petition and my request is,
And Esther answered and said, My petition and my request is,
Easy-to-Read Version
Esther answered, "This is what I want to ask for:
Esther answered, "This is what I want to ask for:
George Lamsa Translation
Then Esther answered and said, My petition and my request is this:
Then Esther answered and said, My petition and my request is this:
Good News Translation
Esther replied,
Esther replied,
Lexham English Bible
And Esther answered and said, "This is my petition and my request.
And Esther answered and said, "This is my petition and my request.
Literal Translation
And Esther replied and said, As to my petition and my request,
And Esther replied and said, As to my petition and my request,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then answered Hester and sayde: My peticion and desire is,
Then answered Hester and sayde: My peticion and desire is,
American Standard Version
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is:
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is:
Bible in Basic English
Then Esther said in answer, My prayer and my request is this:
Then Esther said in answer, My prayer and my request is this:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then aunswered Esther, and said: My petition and desire is,
Then aunswered Esther, and said: My petition and desire is,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then answered Esther, and said: 'My petition and my request is--
Then answered Esther, and said: 'My petition and my request is--
King James Version (1611)
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition, and my request is,
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition, and my request is,
English Revised Version
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom Hester answeride, My axyng and preieris ben these.
To whom Hester answeride, My axyng and preieris ben these.
Update Bible Version
Then Esther answered, and said, My petition and my request is:
Then Esther answered, and said, My petition and my request is:
Webster's Bible Translation
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request [is]:
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request [is]:
New King James Version
Then Esther answered and said, "My petition and request is this:
Then Esther answered and said, "My petition and request is this:
New Living Translation
Esther replied, "This is my request and deepest wish.
Esther replied, "This is my request and deepest wish.
New Life Bible
So Esther answered and said, "This is what I ask of you.
So Esther answered and said, "This is what I ask of you.
New Revised Standard
Then Esther said, "This is my petition and request:
Then Esther said, "This is my petition and request:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then answered Esther, and said, - As touching my petition and my request,
Then answered Esther, and said, - As touching my petition and my request,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Esther answered: My petition and request is this:
And Esther answered: My petition and request is this:
Revised Standard Version
But Esther said, "My petition and my request is:
But Esther said, "My petition and my request is:
Young's Literal Translation
And Esther answereth and saith, `My petition and my request [is]:
And Esther answereth and saith, `My petition and my request [is]:
THE MESSAGE
Esther answered, "Here's what I want. If the king favors me and is pleased to do what I desire and ask, let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to the dinner that I will fix for them. Then I'll give a straight answer to the king's question."
Esther answered, "Here's what I want. If the king favors me and is pleased to do what I desire and ask, let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to the dinner that I will fix for them. Then I'll give a straight answer to the king's question."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Esther replied, "My petition and my request is:
So Esther replied, "My petition and my request is:
Contextual Overview
1 And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. And being splendidly arrayed, and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. And she was blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face was cheerful, and it were benevolent, but her heart was straitened for fear. And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king: and he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger: and the queen fell, and changed her colour as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before her. But God changed the spirit of the king gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered: and he comforted her with peaceable words, and said to her, What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother; be of good cheer, thou shalt not die, for our command is openly declared to thee, Draw nigh. 2 And having raised the golden sceptre he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her, and said, Speak to me. And she said to him, I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy glory; for thou, my lord, art to be wondered at, and thy face is full of grace. And while she was speaking, she fainted and fell. Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her. 3 And the king said, What wilt thou, Esther? and what is thy request? ask even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be thine. 4 And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day. 5 And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken. 6 And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is thy request, queen Esther? speak, and thou shalt have all that thou requirest. 7 And she said, My request and my petition are: 8 if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.
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Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then answered Esther and said, my petition and my request is. What she should for the present make; the principal one she had to ask, for wise reasons, she still deferred.